Internet, http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/l, 19-03-2005Information trouvée :Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849 - April 11, 1926) was an American horticulturalist who developed several new varieties of flowers and vegetables, most notably the Russet Burbank potato, now known as the Idaho potato. He was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts and moved to Santa Rosa, California in 1875.